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Animal feed

Of or relating to the food products given to farmed animals.

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Canola

Agriculture; Animal feed

The American name for oilseed rape, an arable crop grown for the extraction of oil from the seeds. Canola (rapeseed) meal, a byproduct of the oil extraction process is used as a high-protein animal ...

Can velocity

Agriculture; Animal feed

The velocity of the gas in the passages between the philtre units in the philtre house of a gas filter.

Calorific value

Agriculture; Animal feed

The potential heat-production value of a wood source. Depends on the cellulose-lignin ratio, the percentage of extractives, and the moisture content.

Calibration

Agriculture; Animal feed

1. Adjusting the control or recording equipment to reflect the actual control or recording temperatures. 2. Procedures that involve scanning an object of known size. Calibration is used to adjust ...

Cake

Agriculture; Animal feed

Cake is the main source of protein in animal feed. Produced by extracting vegetable oils from various oilseeds: soya, rapeseed, sunflower, copra, sesame, etc. leaving a product, generally rich in ...

Byproduct

Agriculture; Animal feed

Product of considerably less value than the major product. For example, the hide and offal are byproducts, while beef is the major product.

By-pass protein

Agriculture; Animal feed

The portion of intake protein that has a slow rate of degradability in the rumen.

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